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Somali pirates issue a two-week deadline kidnapped mariners |
2012-10-09 |
(Sh.M.Network)--![]() They asked families of the mariners to give their final words on the $ 0.7 million ransom or else, they will begin killing them once the deadline ends. The mariners have been held hostage since they were kidnapped from a Malaysian ship, where they were on duty, in 2010. One of the kidnapped mariners, Aminul Islam's father Nurul Islam disclosed the information at a presser at Chittagong Press Club in the afternoon of Sunday. According to him, the pirates called him up early Thursday morning to tell him about their decision. Islam said the pirates already killed a hostage of Indian nationality for failing to pay the ransom. Relatives of the kidnapped organised the presser to request the government for taking measures to get back their loved ones. They appealed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ![]() for raising the ransom money. The Ministry of Shipping and its Secretary were informed about the situation. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Why don't they just send a repo man in and repossess them? |
Posted by: tu3031 2012-10-09 22:24 |
#2 There's probably no worse fate - than being a captured sailor from Bangladesh. It's BAD when you're from a country that has a lower standard of living than the pirates. |
Posted by: Raider 2012-10-09 15:58 |
#1 Islam said the pirates already killed a hostage of Indian nationality for failing to pay the ransom. Indian Navy, please call your office. Seems like a potential win/win for India: they could exact |
Posted by: Shinter Javirong9154 2012-10-09 13:54 |